By Abiola Olawale
More than two decades after the tragic event, a US military judge has officially scheduled a trial date for the self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Air Force Lt. Col. Michael A. Schrama, serving as the military commissions judge, issued a scheduling order setting June 5, 2028, as the start date for the high-profile tribunal.
The proceeding will take place at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The key defendant is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of being the architect of the 9/11 plot.
Co-defendants include Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.
The New Diplomat reports that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was considered one of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenants before he was captured in March 2003 in Pakistan.
He was imprisoned in secret CIA facilities for three years before arriving at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2006.
Recall also that the September 11 attacks, resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people when hijacked commercial airliners struck the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
